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discouraged workers

Dutch translation: ontmoedigde werklozen

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English term or phrase:discouraged workers
Dutch translation:ontmoedigde werklozen

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14:58 Jan 20, 2010
English to Dutch translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Economics
Additional field(s): Finance (general), Government / Politics, Human Resources
English term or phrase: discouraged workers
Definition from InfoUSA - U.S. Department of State:
Jobless people who are available for work but who are not actively seeking it because they think they have poor prospects of finding a job. Discouraged workers are not counted as part of the labor force or as being unemployed.

Example sentence(s):
  • As the number of unemployed workers in the labor force continues to decline, the focus on discouraged workers and other individuals marginally attached to the labor force has increased. The Heritage Foundation
  • As you can see, the worse the recession, the more workers get discouraged. The longer our current recession drags on, the further off the reported unemployment rate will be versus the true number that includes discouraged workers. The Atlantic Monthly Group
  • Other economists, however, argue that a distinction should be made between those discouraged workers who remain available for work and those who do not even want a job. Time Inc.
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ontmoedigde werklozen
Definition:
Een ontmoedigde werkloze is een werkwillend persoon die door specifieke economische omstandigheden ervan uitgaat dat er geen betrekking voor hem/haar beschikbaar is.
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Roel Verschueren
Austria
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4 +3ontmoedigde werklozen
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
ontmoedigde werklozen


Definition from Belgian Government:
Een ontmoedigde werkloze is een werkwillend persoon die door specifieke economische omstandigheden ervan uitgaat dat er geen betrekking voor hem/haar beschikbaar is.

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Roel Verschueren
Austria
Local time: 08:38
Native speaker of: Native in FlemishFlemish, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 16

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Yes  Kitty Brussaard: Note: the English/untranslated version also seems to be quite commonly used in Dutch texts
4 hrs
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Yes  Benny Raemaekers (X)
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Yes  Piet DM
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